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Segro Rejects £12.6bn Prologis Bid, Shares Jump

6/24/2026

Summary

Segro Rejects Takeover

Segro’s board unanimously rejected Prologis’s £12.6 billion takeover proposal, which offered 0.084 of Prologis shares per Segro share and valued Segro at 925 pence—a 24.6% premium to the 742 pence close.
The deal would have given Segro shareholders about 10.5% of the group and created a REIT with a $140.9 billion market capitalisation.
Prologis must announce an offer or walk away by 5 pm on 22 July 2026, after which Segro shares rose roughly 16%-20% to 870-892 pence.

Summary

Segro Faces Scrutiny

Policy analysts in Europe say the Segro bid raises questions about foreign control of logistics and data-centre assets essential to national resilience.
Competition regulators are likely to scrutinise any binding offer for its effect on market concentration in the UK logistics REIT sector.
Observers note that the £12.6 billion valuation sets a benchmark African developers use to price grade-A warehouses and hyperscale data-centre parks in Nairobi and Lagos.

History

Historical Context

2007’s UK Finance Act created REIT legislation that made on-shore property firms tax-efficient, prompting foreign investors to launch British logistics REITs such as Segro and British Land, which together held about £30 billion of assets. That liberalisation underpins Prologis’s £12.6 billion bid for Segro, now examined by the Competition and Markets Authority.

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Segro Rejects Takeover

Segro’s board unanimously rejected Prologis’s £12.6 billion takeover proposal, which offered 0.084 of Prologis shares per Segro share and valued Segro at 925 pence—a 24.6% premium to the 742 pence close.
The deal would have given Segro shareholders about 10.5% of the group and created a REIT with a $140.9 billion market capitalisation.
Prologis must announce an offer or walk away by 5 pm on 22 July 2026, after which Segro shares rose roughly 16%-20% to 870-892 pence.

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